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East Antarctic ice sheet may be losing mass
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by Babel-Fish | November 22, 2009 at 05:11 pm
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When I read the following newspaper article, it of course reminded me of yesterdays hackers story about doctored research reports.
Please note the care about taking the alarm out of the published facts very carefully balancing it could be serious but maybe not.
However sup your coffee and enjoy the article for its honesty and fair and balanced reporting. Then please let me know your opinion.
The East Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass for the last three years, according to an analysis of data from a gravity-measuring satellite mission.
The scientists involved say they are "surprised" by the finding, because the giant East Antarctic sheet, unlike the west, has been thought to be stable.
Other scientists say ice loss could not yet be pinned on climate change, and uncertainties in the data are large.
The US-based team reports its findings in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The data comes from Nasa's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace) mission.
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at 10:37 on November 23rd, 2009
Most people can agree that climate change is occurring. Some areas will become colder due to changes in ocean currents and some will become warmer. Those of us alive today will probably not see the extremes predicted by some scientists. Do we have a responsibility to hand the great great grandchildren a hospitable Earth? It's a question that is hard to answer. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
at 17:26 on November 23rd, 2009
You need to see the whole picture of the Antarctic situation, not just one section. As a whole the Antarctic Ice sheet is actually expanding.
Please read the following news article from April 18, 2009 which talks about the WHOLE Antarctic ice situation.
Title: Antarctic ice is growing, not melting away
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25348657-401,00.html
Some highlights:
"ICE is expanding in much of Antarctica, contrary to the widespread public belief that global warming is melting the continental ice cap."
"Antarctica has 90 per cent of the Earth's ice and 80 per cent of its fresh water"
"East Antarctica is four times the size of west Antarctica and parts of it are cooling. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research report prepared for last week's meeting of Antarctic Treaty nations in Washington noted the South Pole had shown "significant cooling in recent decades". "
"...sea ice losses in west Antarctica over the past 30 years had been more than offset by increases in the Ross Sea region, just one sector of east Antarctica. "
"Dr Allison said there was not any evidence of significant change in the mass of ice shelves in east Antarctica nor any indication that its ice cap was melting."
"Ice shelves in general have episodic carvings and there can be large icebergs breaking off - I'm talking 100km or 200km long - every 10 or 20 or 50 years."
"Ice core drilling in the fast ice off Australia's Davis Station in East Antarctica by the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Co-Operative Research Centre shows that last year, the ice had a maximum thickness of 1.89m, its densest in 10 years."
"A paper to be published soon by the British Antarctic Survey in the journal Geophysical Research Letters is expected to confirm that over the past 30 years, the area of sea ice around the continent has expanded."
But go to the news site and read the full article for yourself. No tricks here. No hype or hysteria. Just simple, easy to observe facts that the ice caps are COOLING.
And can I direct you to read one of my articles about this: Title: Hysteria is the Real Threat, Not Global Warming
http://my.nowpublic.com/environment/hysteria-real-threat-not-global-warming